Alvaro
Álvaro or Álvar is a Spanish, Galician and Portuguese male given name and surname of Germanic Visigothic origin.
- Italian
- Spanish
- Portuguese
Meaning & Origin of Alvaro
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Álvaro or Álvar is a Spanish, Galician and Portuguese male given name and surname of Germanic Visigothic origin.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
- Spanish
- Portuguese
The Story of Alvaro
Alvaro first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1914, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2000: 441 births, good for #513 nationwide. About 22% of every Alvaro on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Alvaro ranks #735 for baby boys with 364 births, rising sharply (+29% over the past five years). All told, over 18K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Alvaro
Alvaro is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1914 and has accumulated 18K births in the dataset. Alvaro's peak popularity came in 2000 when it ranked #455. Use the chart and map above to compare Alvaro's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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